http://www.NevadaAppeal.com Serving Carson City, NV Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 en 30 Silver State High School’s theater group the Silver State Stars presents its third annual Acting with the Stars Fundraiser Show tonight and Saturday. Members of the community will join theater students in 22 short, comedic scenes. The show runs 7-9 p.m. at the Silver State Performing Arts Building, 900 Mallory … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6549710-113/stars-silver-state-students Minden resident Krista Lukas has published her debut poetry collection “Fans of My Unconscious” through Black Rock Press. She will read from her collection at the Mile High Jazz Band’s Jazz and Poetry event June 11 at Comma Coffee in Carson City, and the Ventana Sierra Advanced Writers Conference at … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6549745-113/poetry-lukas-collection-published http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6506097-113/perform-blues-concert-dangberg The Capital City Community Band will perform “Old Favorites Band Concert” at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Carson Nugget Hall in the Aspen Building at Western Nevada College’s Carson City campus. The concert will be a tribute to the music of the Civil War era in recognition of the 150th … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6520564-113/band-carson-era-capital • Tom Miller will host an open mic night from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at Plan:b Microlounge, 318 N. Carson St. • Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar, 301 N. Carson St. will host karaoke at 8 p.m. tonight. • Decades will perform at 7 p.m. tonight through Saturday at the … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6507060-113/carson-perform-saturday-friday http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6537706-113/tickets-bunco-burlesque-call http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6426829-113/opera-bus-carson-performance http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6416392-113/carson-arts-valley-council Things are usually pretty quiet in the former mining town of Austin. Located 170 miles east of Carson City via U.S. 50, the town of Austin was established in mid-1862, following the discovery of silver in nearby Pony Canyon by William H. Talcott, an ex-Pony Express rider. In less than … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6441249-113/church-austin-town-bell http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6439591-113/oliver-tickets-carson-virginia Americana and roots rock music fans are in for a real treat tomorrow night when Dave Alvin and Friends perform in the Barkley Theatre at the Art Center. Alvin is a major voice on the Americana music scene and over the course of his 24-year career, and 11 solo albums, … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6439382-113/alvin-gallery-americana-artists Mark Diorio will perform casual Jazz piano from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson St. Tom Miller will host an open mic night from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at Plan: b Microlounge, 318 N. Carson St. Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar will host karaoke … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6415736-113/carson-perform-saturday-friday Mile High Jazz Band will present “Jazz in the Merry Month of May,” a program of big-band jazz favorites in the Basie-Ellington tradition from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson St. The show will feature guest vocalists Jakki Ford and Cindee LeVal. The performance may … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6417223-113/jazz-band-comma-coffee http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6372731-113/carson-symphony-concert-lawn http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6372630-113/festival-ungar-jay-mason http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6380663-113/garrett-popcorn-auction-melodrama WNC Fallon opens art show Western Nevada College Fallon is presenting its student art show on Saturday through May 17. The Art BBQ is also Saturday from 3-5 p.m. The public is invited to see the students’ work and enjoy some refreshments. Dancing with the Stars It is that time … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6349855-113/oliver-art-tickets-chapman RENO — The Off-Broadway hit that was inspired by a hot flash and a bottle of wine, “Menopause the Musical,” is appearing in the Eldorado Showroom. Set in a department store, four women with seemingly nothing in common but a black lace bra on sale, come to find they have … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6355697-113/women-menopause-musical-becomes Chili — in all its smoking-hot guises — returns to Virginia City on May 11-12 for the 30th annual Chili on the Comstock. “Cooks from all over the country come to Virginia City to compete,” said Jess Horning with Liquid Blue Events, which manages the cookoff. The chili booths and … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6273086-113/chili-virginia-annual-comstock http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6353254-113/call-information-class-drawing Baxter Black will perform at 7 p.m. tonight at the Carson Valley Inn in Minden. Tickets are $30. Plan: b Microlounge will host an open mic night at 7:30 p.m. tonight at 318 N. Carson St. Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar will host karaoke at 8 p.m. tonight at 301 N. … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6316838-113/carson-perform-friday-saturday The days are ticking down for 10 local celebrity contestants who will show their moves for the judges at Satureay night’s Dancing with the Stars, a fundraiser for the Fallon Swing team. The contestants and their partners, all members of the swing club, have been practicing for weeks now to … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/6313261-113/dancing-fallon-alexander-churchill Silver State High School’s performing arts group, The Silver State Stars, is in the midst of its second Theater to the Schools project. Last year, the group traveled to seven area elementary schools to perform “Wolfy’s Side,” a play written by student Grant Davis that told young viewers it is … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/5442272-113/theater-schools-silver-state Alicia Barchus has always been picked on, starting, to the best she can remember, at age 9. Over the years, the taunting turned to alienation. “I remember this girl in one of my classes told me she couldn’t be my friend because then no one would like her,” Alicia recalled. … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/5509965-113/girls-clubs-youth-nevada